A veteran who is battling cancer turned to Facebook to sell his hearing aids in order to raise money for a vehicle. When his post was flooded with negative comments, a group of kind-hearted neighbors came to the vet’s aid to get him the funds he needed — and more.

Army veteran Gilbert Hoppe, 75, was in recent need of a wheelchair-accessible van to get to his monthly Veterans Affairs appointments and visits to doctors, according to a GoFundMe page. He also takes care of his wife Linda,...